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Hi again! First off I want to thank all of you for reading my blog {and following... I think that makes me the most happy! I now have 73 followers but I don't think you can see them for some reason. :(} Whoa! That could be a 'stache... let me try:  :{  how cool is that!?!!?! I've never seen that before! Have you? 

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on to the point of today's post: a few random pictures I've edited. I'm sorry! Don't be bored! I have more cool stuff coming, I've just been busy volunteering for the past 3 weeks.

I LOVE editing eyes.. soo much fun!

Before and After.

After... let me know if  you want a tutorial. :)

licking the batter :) I love that.

do you see the rainbow?

{these were all edited using Picnik}

PINTEREST: part 2

Today's Pinterest Board is..... DIY Stuff! I know I should have had like 3 different categories (decor etc.) but oh well. {you have no clue how hard it is to go through and sort them out... I've done it.} Like last time... click on the link above to see all of the pins, I'm just showcasing a few!

felt bowls

Source: onepearlbutton.com via Alyssa on Pinterest

knitted cowl/headband

Source: craftsnob.com via Alyssa on Pinterest

Source: elviestudio.blogspot.com via Alyssa on Pinterest

ruffle wreath

Source: imgfave.com via Alyssa on Pinterest

cutest bookmarks ever.

Source: howaboutorange.blogspot.com via Alyssa on Pinterest

rosette lampshade

Source: justagirlblog.com via Alyssa on Pinterest

DIY moonsand

Source: playbasedlearning.com.au via Alyssa on Pinterest

{please let me know if you'd like to participate in a link party for Pinterest boards in the comments section}

TUTORIAL - Mum Hair Clip

(heheheheh... if you have good eyes you can see it says 'of doom' under the title.. :P)

Alright, today I finally got a craft done! And the best thing was... it worked great the first time! Like... when does that happen?!?! :D

Here's my first try:

I honestly love it! It's not like most flower hair clips that stick off like 3 inches from your head... :D *BIG FAT PUFFY HEART*
Here's try #2 which I did the tutorial for: (sorry, this photo was flipped but blogger hates my guts so it won't let me upload it straight... and I'm too lazy to try to figure out why....)

(sorry again.. I'm just loving these:)

Alrighty: TUTORIAL TIME!!

I don't feel like typing up all of the supplies again (lazy.. I know) so just read the picture and if you have any Q's just ask. :D Oh, for the flower patterns.. I just drew my own.. I totally advise printing some pic of an EVEN 5 petaled flower to use as your pattern.

1. You will need 8 large flowers, 5 small flowers (I accidentally did 9 small flowers and you just get a bigger, fuller flower.You can do 9 if you want this.) Don't try to cut all 8 large in the same cut like me... I warned you. (cut by 4's) Fold your fabric (sortof) like so:

2. Trace your image (and if you're lazy like me use a color close to the fabric's color... again, TRUST ME!*clearly I didn't in this pic...* )

3. Cut out all 8 large flowers. (no pic)

4. Fold your flowers in half... (EXACTLY LIKE THIS!!!)

5.Flip the halved flower over and put a dot of hot glue right in the middle bottom of the flower and fold (repeat with all large flowers):

Get your circle of felt and 4 petals ready...

6. Glue them on so that the only glue is in the middle (don't cover the whole bottom of the 'petal' with glue.):

7. Get your other 4 petals and glue them over the cracks.

8. I forgot if I already told you to cut and glue 4 (8 if you want a full mum clip.) of your small flowers..? Do that exactly how you did your big ones.

9. Glue the little flowers on just like you did the big ones.. over the cracks. do 1 layer (4 flowers) for a not-so-thick mum clip or 2 layers (8 flowers) for a thicker mum clip.

10. Get your last,lonely flower and fold it in half:

And then roll it up like so:

11. Turn it around and snip the end off:

12. Put a glob of glue in the middle of your 'mum' and stick the end you just cut off in the glue and hold it upright until it dries.

13. Use little blobs of glue on each of the 4 surrounding petals to attach them to the middle rolled thing. Sorry I'm REALLY bad at wording things!!

14. (I guess this counts as a step) fluff it up.

You can use this mum on a headband, pin/brooch, hairclip or ANYTHING! Be creative! Glue a few on a canvas for 3d art! I made mine into a hairclip.. the picture is really self explanatory:

Then stick it on the felt and voila! You have a stinkin' cute hair clip!

Now, If you are really lazy (which I'm pretty sure we have established I AM.) you can do the same thing with circles of fabric (oh, and for fabric I used old tee shirt jersey/knit) and get a sort of cute flower thingy:

I personally love the mums though! Totally worth the work of cutting out the flowers... ('cause you know... it took like.. 10 minutes... dang.. that's like ....forever....)

And this pic again because I love it so:

Thank you for reading! I LOVE comments... they make me giddy! each one is like a present on Christmas!

A Quick Tutorial ~ spring wreath

Daily Bible Verse:

I whipped this little sucker up in about a half hour, and I like it... a lot! The temperature went up to 81 degrees today! YAY! All of our windows are open and you can hear the birdies singing! :D Makes me happy! Anyway (oh, and can anyone tell me... is it anyway, or anyways?), on to the tutorial!

To make the flowers, follow the above... it's really simple and the goal is to actually be imperfect! I'm good at that!

1. I cut out the two big sides of a cereal box, hot glued them together, and cut the middle out to make the "frame". It doesn't have to be perfect because you are going to cover it up.

2. Hot glue your flowers on just by one blob of hot glue.

3. Hang a ribbon on the back to hang it and VOILA!

I proudly hung it on my bedroom door!

xoxo.

Aly

Tutorial ~ $2 Sunburst Mirror

 Yes, that's right, TWO dollars! :D I love the way it turned out! You can paint it, or leave it natural.

Supplies:

Mirror -Dollar Tree (it was for candles) $1

Placemat - Dollar Tree $1

Cardboard... already had. 1. I'm just showing you the placemat

2. Cut all strings on the top. Cut down the first plank that the strings aren't glued to.

3. Pull the plank off.

4. Cut the bottom strings.

5. Cut the big glued chunk of wood off and throw it away.

6. Pull the wood just like the picture.

7. Pull toward yourself and put the planks in a pile. Continue all the way down.
8. That's my pile :D

9. Save these strings for later, 'cause crafters keep everything :P

10.trace your mirror and cut the circle out about a 1/4 inch smaller than your line all around.

11. Mark the middle and use a protractor to make a cross .... clearly I was too lazy to use the protractor at first and I *might* have failed many more times on the back. Just maybe.

12. Glue two large planks on your lines.

13. Repeat 12 on the other side. Why didn't I just show you both steps at once?? I'm not sure.

14.Glue 4 more planks on. (all of these have been whole planks so far.)

15. Cut 4 planks in half and glue them on close to the edge.

16. Cut some (I didn't count, sorry!) planks into 3/4's. I just cut on the dent closest to the end. Keep your other 1/4 planks for some other craft :P

17. (not shown) Glue a dowel between each plank.

(if you are going to paint your mirror do it now. If you want a stain looking paint job, water your paint down. I used acrylic paint... a lot of it. If you are planning on painting it non stain like, mix {if you are mixing your own color... if not just ignore this!} 3+ times as much paint as you think you are going to need.)

18. Lay your mirror face down. Hold the "nice" side of the sunburst in your hand. Quickly hot glue all around the edge of the "ugly" side of the sunburst and lay it on the mirror. Doing it like this allows you to center the mirror, trust me. I glued the mirror on 3 different times because I didn't know how.

Glue a hanger on the back of your new sunburst mirror. Can you tell i like hot glue?!?! I'm not sure if it was a plate hanger or what, I just think of it as monster teeth (do you know what I'm talking about now?).

Hang your mirror and enjoy!

PS, I'm super sorry for the not-so-great pictures, I wanted to edit them all, but there are a LOT of them!

Comment if you liked this tutorial! I LOVE comments!

xoxo,

Aly